The OptimaMed intervention to reduce medication burden in nursing home residents with severe dementia: results from a pragmatic, controlled study

The OptimaMed intervention to reduce medication burden in nursing home residents with severe dementia: results from a pragmatic, controlled study

Abstract Background Nursing home (NH) residents with severe dementia use many medications, sometimes inappropriately within a comfort care approach. Medications should be regularly reviewed and eventually deprescribed. This pragmatic, controlled trial assessed the effect of an interprofessional know...

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Main Authors: Edeltraut Kröger, Machelle Wilchesky, Michèle Morin, Pierre-Hugues Carmichael, Martine Marcotte, Lucie Misson, Jonathan Plante, Philippe Voyer, Pierre Durand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
OptimaMed
Deprescribing
Inappropriate medication
Nursing home
Dementia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04222-4

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